robert mueller. mr muller. robert mueller. mr mullenm robert mueller. mr muller. it never stops. go? robert mueller is back. it was just four months ago the special counsel they concluded his investigation into russian meddling of the 2016 election, and issued a a50 page report that concluded there was insufficient evidence to find any criminal conspiracy between members of the trump campaign and russia. russia did not help me get elected, it you know what got me elected?” got me elected. judging the present with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. -- charging. but he also notably inclined to conclude whether or not donald trump obstructed justice. inclined to conclude whether or not donald trump obstructed justicem we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. in his one and only public appearance in may, robert mueller said he was done talking about this investigation.” hope and expect this to be the only timel hope and expect this to be the only time i will speak to you in this manner. congress, not surprisingly,

mr. robert mueller. brian: will he not answer something like that? mr. robert mueller, why did you pick the roster lawyers you picked? steve: he undoubtably has some ways to get around answering questions. ainsley: why did they stock .-dot all's campaign? how did you get the pfizer warrant and who paid christopher steel, was it hillary clinton? steve: he might say there is investigation. ainsley: we will be watching. steve: anyway, mr. robert mueller as the department justice and they said keep to the letter of the robert mueller report. adam schiff set a letter to mr. robert mueller and he does like that because he was to answer every question. it reads: pete: in other words, we will ask you questions and we want answers. brian: there-- democratic point of view what they want to call bush and republican view in which they want to call bush and that's why when robert mueller says i will come down and was delayed for a couple weeks, republicans seem as anxious as democrats. here's mark meadows. he will focus on some things that are not in the report. liste

mr. robert mueller. we'll go more into that if you wish. one focus i want to make is in his testimony he said that the russians are attacking our elections in sweeping and systemic fashion, and that they are doing it as we sit here. the disruption of our election that happened in 2016, and now they are doing it again. that was wednesday. when mr. mueller testified on that. yesterday the senate intelligence committee released a bipartisan report showing that the election systems in all 50 states were targeted by russia. yet the president calls this a hoax. and senator mcconnell refuses o act. just the other day in the senate, there were a number of bills, one of ours, the safe act, that would save our federal elections act, that the republicans objected to bringing to the floor. this is about patriotism for our country. our electoral system is the heart of the matter of our democracy. and yet the republicans still continue to say no need to protect that. the path that we have is one that respects that the states manage our elections, but whe

mr. roberts movie, a beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> [ singing ] >> tom hanks plays the american tv host fred rogers. it is a story of a reporter whose life changes after writing an article about him. he hosted the show from 1968 to 2001. the movie will open on november 22. >>> our commute alert. a person hit and killed by a caltrain causing major delays. >>> plus cal fire is going all out. crews race to contain a fire. >>> it is the $25 billion project to make caltrain more like part. you might have to pay with it even if you don't use a service. >>> kpix5 at 6:00 starts right now with an alert for caltrain writers. >> commute alert with major delays at the caltrain station after a person was hit and killed by a train. the person was trespassing on the tracks. the train is single trucking through the station. writers can expect delays up to 90 minutes and trains are single trucking through the burlingame station and all trains are boarding on the south track. >>> firefighters are racing to control a brush fire burning near the lake. today temperatures hit in the 90s while flames sc

chief justice roberts: so what would count -- mr. hinkel: but there -- chief justice roberts: what's on the other side? mr. hinkel: i mean, certainly, the lapse of time. i mean, a person could -- chief justice roberts: so, if he signed it two years ago, it doesn't count anymore? mr. hinkel: i -- i'm willing -- i -- i -- i will allow that -- again, that those -- those hypotheticals look a lot more like consent than what happened here. chief justice roberts: but does that mean it's okay? mr. hinkel: i don't think it's okay, but you don't have to agree with me to -- chief justice roberts: well, no, but i do have to have a reason you don't think it's okay. mr. hinkel: because, again, when the state conditions, you know, participation in some activity on your consent to give up some part of your fourth amendment -- chief justice roberts: right. mr. hinkel: -- rights, it becomes very difficult to see where the limit to that is. chief justice roberts: yeah, but this is not -- i understand your argument, who knows where this will stop, and i

robert mueller prepares to testify before congress wednesday. we will show you his first public statement in may following the release of his report on russian election interference. mr. mueller announced he was closing his investigation and did not take questions reporters. >> robert mueller. mr. mueller: good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here. two years ago, the acting attorney general asked me to serve as special counsel. and he created the special counsel's office. the appointment order directed the office to investigate russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. this included investigating any links or coordination between the russian government and special counsel's office and as well, i'm resigning from the department of justice to return to private life. i will make a few remarks about the results of our work. remarks, --he fee these a few remarks, it's important that the office's written work speaks for itself. let me begin where the appointment order begins. and that is interference in the 2016 presidential election. as alleged by the grand jury in an indictment, russian intelligence officers, who were part of the russian military

mr. president, robert mueller -- >> a very good day today, the republican party. our country. there was no defense of what robert mueller was trying to defend. in all fairness to robert mueller, whether his performance was bad one or good one, i think everybody understands that. i think everybody understands what was going on. there was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, in witch hunt that's been going on for a long time. pretty much from the time i came down on the escalator with our first lady. and it's a disgrace what happened. but i think today proved a lot to everybody, in fact some of my biggest opponents wrote things today that i wouldn't have believed they would have written and i appreciate that they did that. this has been a ver bad thing for our country. and despite everything we have been through it's been an incredible two and a half years for our country. the administration, our president, me, we've done a great job. we've got the strongest stock market, the best unemployment numbers, the most number of people ever working in the history of our country right now

mr. roberts. we are looking forward to having a full team on. thank you. >> all right.ery much for that comprehensive report. is there any public comment on the deputy director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. all right. let's try this again. the next item is a report from our senior analyst, dylan rice. [laughter]. >> good evening, commissioners. i know we have a lot on the agenda so i'll try to make this brief. our next education and networking initiative, which is the s.f. after events network is happening this coming monday on july 22nd at jolene's which is in the mission, i hope you guys can make it. it is from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. as you know, we do a different educational topic at each event. this one is an evergreen topic that will always be important, which is vendor management or we are calling it success through vendor management, and it is looking at best practices on how you can turn managing your vendors into a real revenue driver, but at the same time ensuring that the event is safe and compliant. we have a great lineup of speakers. w

mr. president, robert mueller -- >> so we in a very good day today, the republican party. our country. there was no defense of what robert mueller was trying to definite defend. in all fairness to robert mueller, whether his performance was bad one or good one, i think everybody understands that. i think everybody understands what was going on. there was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, in witch hunt that's been going on for a long time. pretty much from the time i came down on the escalator with our first lady. and it's a disgrace what happened. but i think today proved a lot to everybody, in fact some of my biggest opponents wrote things today that i wouldn't have believed knelled have written. and i appreciate that they did that. in has been a ver bad thing for our country. and despite everything we have been through it's been an incredible two and a half years for our country. the administration, our president, me, we've done a great job. we've got the strongest stock market, the best unemployment numbers, the most number of people ever working in the history of our country righ

one of the key questions for mr robert mueller was to explain his decision not to either charge or exoneratel clarity on that? now, we didn't, and in fact, robert mueller had to actually clarify this afternoon at the start of the intelligence committee session, because he had confused people seeming to suggest that it was because of a legal opinion that you cannot indict a sitting president, that he didn't indict the president, and he would have done so if it were not for that legal opinion, but he clarified that and said they couldn't reach a determination on obstruction of justice, couldn't reach a determination on obstruction ofjustice, clear as mud, i know. robert mueller has been giving a series of 1—word answers, he said my report was my testimony before coming onto capitol hill. at the last count, 112 times he gave 1—word answers. and here he is paying to be to his report. 1—word answers. and here he is paying to be to his reportm 1—word answers. and here he is paying to be to his report. it is in the report. i refer you to the report for that i refer to the report for that i refer to

and mrs. robert and sheryl williams who are retiring after nearly 50 years of running the black sheer times in the first -- blackshear times in the first congressional district in georgia. the newspaper is 150 years old this year. under mr. and mrs. williams' leadership, the blackshear times is one of the top papers in georgia, receiving over 400 awards. nearly everyone in pierce county gets their news from the paper, exemplified in their tagline, liked by many, cussed by some, read by them all. mr. williams, edited and published his dream job since he was a young child. mrs. williams continually kept the paper's financials in check. to be a good paper, first, you have to be a good business, mr. williams said, in praise of his wife's work. i'm proud to have the blackshear times in my district and thankful that mr. and mrs. williams dedicated 50 years to the paper and keeping the blackshear community informed. congratulations on your retirement. you both will be missed. mr. speaker, i rise today to re

mr. roberts: i ask that the quorum call be vittered. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: i'm pleased to speak about the tax conventions between the united states and spain, switzerland, japan, and luxembourg. i have long been a strong supporter and proponent of these tax protocols and worked to advance them across multiple congresses. in the senate foreign relations committee, i voted to advance the japan and spain protocols three times and voted four times to advance the protocols with luxembourg and the swiss confederation. i am pleased that after too many years of waiting, the majority leader has finally decided to take up these protocols. i am a strong believer this the benefits these treaties provide our country. they provide a critical role in relieving united states citizens and companies of double taxation, encouraging foreign investment in the united states, and in enforcing u.s. tax law on those who seek to evade it. there are no down sides to these treaties. as i conveyed directly to secretary mnuchin, the treasury department's initial inaction on the

mr. robert director of strategic issues for the u.s. government accountability office in his role he receives a portfolio of work aimed at improving the federal statistical system. the second witness is mr. nicholas who serves as the director odirector of informatin technology and cybersecurity with gao. he manages audit teams that provide privacy and data protection reviews across all the major federal agencies. chairman johnson, gao is pleased to be here today to discuss the census bureau's readiness for the 2020 headcount. as you know in recent years, we've identified a number of operational cybersecurity and other challenges that raised serious concerns about the bureau's ability to conduct a cost-effective integration. in february, 2017, we added the 2020 census to the gao list of favorite government programs and it remains in the high-risk list today. my remarks this afternoon will focus on the two such challenges of implementing design innovations aimed at controlling costs and developing reliable cost estimates but better account

mr. robert goldenkoff from the accountability office in his role he overcease the portfolio of work including the statistical system. our success witness from gao is mr. nicholas rinos he is with technology and cybersecurity with gao and mr. marinos manages audit teams and prief svacy anda protection reviews and mr. goldenkoff? >> that's correct. >> chairman johnson -- gao is pleased to be here today to discuss the sense us for the 2020 head count. as you know, in recent years, we have identified a number of operational, i.t., cybersecurity and other challenges that raise serious concerns about the bureau's ability to conduct a cost effective enumeration. in february 2017 we added the 2020 census to gao's list of high-risk government programs and it remains in our high-risk list today. my remarks this afternoon will focus two such challenges and implementing design innovations aimed at controlling costs and developing reliable cost estimates that better account for risks and inform annual budget estimates. my colleague, nick marinos will then discuss the challenges the bureau faces in impleme

mr. chairman. >> robert mueller ending his testimony. the questions will begin by chairman nadler. >> i will begin by recognizing myself for five minutes. director mueller, the president has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated him, but that is not what your report said. is it? >> correct. that is not what the report said. >> reading from page two of volume two of your report that's on the screen, you wrote, quote, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment, closed quote. now, does that say there was no obstruction is? >> no. >> in fact, you were actually unable to conclude the president did not commit obstruction of justice. is that correct? >> well, we at the outset determined that when it came to the president's culpability, we needed to go forward only af

robert mueller. >> i think it's very important that the american people here from mr. ler as to what he did find, what the results of that two-year investigation were. >> c ♪ >> chris: on wednesday, former special counsel robert mueller faces five hours of questioning before two house committees on his investigation of russian interference in the 2020 campaign and possible obstruction of justice by president trump. some democrats are counting on the testimony to convince americans the house should impeach the president or at least to damage his chances for reelection. in joining us now exclusively from new york, the chair of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler. mr. chairman, robert mueller has made it clear he doesn't want to testify and he's not going to go beyond what he wrote in his report. take a look. >> we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. in the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. >> chris: so, why are you putting mueller and the country thr

robert mueller. mr mueller. the mueller thing never stops! remember this guy? into russian meddling of the 2016 election, and issued a 450—page report that concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to find any criminal conspiracy between members of the trump campaign and russia. no, russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? i got me elected. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. but he also notably declined to conclude whether or not donald trump obstructed justice. if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commita crime, we would have said so. in his one and only public appearance in may, robert mueller said he was "done" talking about this investigation. and i hope and expect this to be the only time i will speak to you in this manner. congress, not surprisingly, has had other ideas. yes, i think it would be useful for him to testify before congress. and has subpoenaed him to testify. did robert mueller want attorney general william barr to be the final judge about whether

mr. robert thun, senior vice president of content programming, aets at&t mobility entertainment. senator gordon smith, president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters. senator, welcome. and mr. john bergmayer, senior counsel, public knowledge. welcome, sir. we want to thank our witnesses for joining us today. we look forward to your testimony. at this time, the chair will recognize each witness for five minutes to provide their opening statement. before we begin, i would like to explain the lighting system in front of you is a series of lights. the light will initially be green at the start of your opening statement. it will turn yellow when you have one minute left. so please start to wrap up your testimony at that point. and the light will turn red when your time expires. ms. boyers, you are now recognized for five minutes. and, please, make sure your microphone is on. >> thank you. good morning. i bring you greetings from the foothills of the great ozark mountains in southeast missouri. my husband and i started our mom and pop boycom in 1992. this meant we had to

mr. mueller, are you looking forward to this? reporter: robertueller, who spent two years leading an investigation determining if president trump had colluded with russia, did not look like he wanted to be there. but for democrats and republicans in congress, this was an opportunity to get their points across live on tv. >> the report did not conclude that he did not commit obstruction of justice. is that correct? >>>> that is correct.. >> and what about total exoneration? did you actually totally exonerate the president? >> no. >> in fact, yoyour report expressly states it t does not exonerate the presidident. >> it does. reporter: democrats were disappointed that the mueller report found no smoking gun, but hoped that enough of the dirt will stick to dampen trump's prospects in the 2020 electitio. republicans used the hearing to hammer home their view of the prpresident's innocence e in thr questions to a frail-looking and distracted mueller. >> is it true the evidence gathered during your investigation did not establish that the president was

mr. mueller aid. six members since have come forward and said add me to that call for impeachment. ms. scanlon: the one thing robert mueller failed to do in that hearing is he failed to exonerate the president. that i think is the answer to the questions. mr. nadler: when members answer, please identify yourself. that was mary scanlon. ms. jackson lee: throughout the entire time of mr. mueller's presence, he evidenced elements f a crime. he was not in any way shortchanging his answers that crimes had been committed. he said yes to the three elements of obstruction. he said yes that one element of obstruction could result in jail time. he also said that, and answered questions that said you did not have to have an underlying crime to be able to be convicted of obstruction. i don't think the american people have ever heard that in that manner before. know there are some who may have read both volumes. but they never heard it as it was laid out with the members of this committee that when you finish the judiciary committee's questioning and then you started with chairman nadler who did an enormous job on framing our q

talk about the economy, and what is ahead, the president of the federal reserve bank of dallas, robert kaplan. mra pleasure to see you. thank you for being here.>> thank you, maria. maria: had you characterize things right now? we are seeing pmi 's slowdown that is global not just the us. is that with the real weak spots are? and are you expecting a slowdown? >> yeah, so -- we have been expecting that growth would slow from 2018 until 2019. and we thought that last year and you have heard me, i talked to about it. the reason we thought that is aging populations, slowing workforce growth and waning of the sizable fiscal stimulus. particularly, the spending aspect of the fiscal stimulus was going to wane. if you had been the show april 30, i would've said you know, our forecast would have been 2 1/4 or two and half percent gdp growth for 2019. i might have said that if i was wrong, we might be wrong too low. in other words it might be better than that. then the china talks hit a snag, the threat of tariffs on mexico were very significant for u.s. businesses because so many of them rely on those log

legislative agenda, taking questions from reporters andt a two-year budget deal special counsel robert mueller. mr. mccarthy: good afternoon. good morning. just this morning, i saw the house democrats held a press conference to celebrate their first 200 days in the majority in congress. what i can't figure out is what are they celebrating? what have they actually accomplished? it's not even a question for me. it's not a question america is asking. but it's a question internally, chief of staff, inside to the congresswoman, has actually twittered -- or tweeted a question to challenge any person in america to name them one thing this democrat majority has accomplished for the american public around their kitchen table. only internally they're asking, but now they're holding a press conference. what i thought i would do, i would go look at what were the numbers at this moment, at this time in the last congress where there was a different majority. so i first looked at the number of bills passed out of committee because that's where real work begins. that's where the expertise, that's where the voice

house judiciary committee jerrold nadler held a news conference earlier today to discuss the robert mueller report. mr. mueller's testimony this week in front of congress. he said his committee is still considering whether or not to recommend articles of impeachment against president trump. this is half an hour. >> are we all here? good afternoon. i'm joined today by many of my colleagues from the house judiciary committee. we want to say a few words about director mueller, but we learned

mr. mueller? does robert mueller hate president trump?id he hire people that hate president trump for a reason, then-candidate trump. this why he pursued an investigation into construction even after there was no underlying crime of conspiracy or collusion? why is mueller given contradictory statements on the topic of obstruction. is he being pressured by andrew weissmann? did he forget? did he not remember what he said? did he write that 9 1/2 minute rambling press conference? at the end of the day, is rob mueller really proud of his 22 month witch hunt, that really did nothing than give fuel to what are rampant conspiracy theories, lies, misinformation. a whole channel conspiracy channel, msdnc, or make news cnn. no president should ever have to face this kind of flawed, partisan, phony, conspiracy-oriented investigation ever again. shouldn't happen. thankfully tonight the boomerang of justice is in full swing. we have separate investigations into fisa abuse, deep state misconduct, corruption and likes and the origins of the russian pro

thank you mr chairman mr moller well 1st let me ask you now and as consent mr chairman to submit this article robert muller and mast for the record that objection now mr moller who wrote the 9 minute comments you read edger may 29th press conference. back again and ok so that's what i thought you didn't write it a 2013 puff piece in the washingtonian about komi said basically when komi called you drop everything you were doing it gave examples you haven't dinner with your wife and daughter comit called you drop everything and go. article quoted komi is saying of a train were coming down the track and i quote at least bob mahler will be standing on the tracks with me. you and james comey at been good friends or work good friends for a for many years correct our business associates started off in the justice department about you were good friends you can work together not be friends but you were how many were friends we were friends of my question thank you for the answer now before you were appointed a special counsel. had you talked to james komi in the preceding 6 months know when you were appointe

house judiciary committee jerrold nadler held a news conference earlier today to discuss the robert mueller report. mr. mueller's testimony this week in front of congress. he said his committee is still considering whether or not to recommend articles of impeachment against president trump. this is half an hour. >> are we all here? good afternoon. i'm joined today by many of my colleagues from the house judiciary committee. we want to say a few words about director mueller, but we learned from his testimony and next steps in her work to hold president trump accountable or his conduct. robert mueller was a man of honor and integrity. he has led a life defined by service to his country. some have argued, that because director mueller was reluctant to testify, and seemed older than some remember him, his work is somehow diminished. it is not. before he ever stepped foot into her hearing room, the director had rendered our country a great and necessary public service. he showed through his report and his indictment that the united states was attacked and remained under siege by a foreign adversary. he sho

mrs. silence. confirmed yesterday by special counsel's testimony. robert mueller found some and evidence that the impeachable offenses might be shocking but not surprising. after all, look at what we have learned during his two and a half years in office. unless he's willing to say and do. an american president put family members in policy positions requiring security clearances that should never have been issued. he repeatedly showed infatuation and sympathy for authoritarian years around the globe, most notably bottom you putin, the man who interfered with the 2016 election to trumps benefit. did he faces multiple repeated allegations of sexual assault by more than a dozenra women, sexul assault keep right about? yes. individual number one in effect, unindicted co-conspirator on charges of financial violations that were brought against his lawyer in new york, yes he did. seek to divide americans based on race and publicity directing racist language members of congress and urging others to celebrate, yes he did. trump has given the constitution obstruct t

mr. ambassador, you heard robert mueller yesterday. what ran through your mind as you did?st the way you set it up, brian. the parts of what's legal or not, you've talked about. he began and ended with the fact that russia attacked us in 2016. they violated our sovereignty in a multiple prong attack designed to influence the course of that presidential election. so far, despite what the president just said now, we've done next to nothing to prevent that in 2020. and i think moving forward, we have to continue to remind your viewers and the american people to put pressure on the trump administration and the u.s. congress to enact the legislation that would protect that vote. >> and malcolm, when most people hear that, i think they throw up their hands, they don't know what to do, though they're justifiably scared about the intrusion into our lives and the tinkering with our election process. what is the danger, to you, and add to that, is it that the president doesn't only share the urgency, he doesn't share the problem? >> well, he certainly doesn't share the problem, becau

mr weinstein it's good to have you on the program but you are a former prosecutor yourself there are several former prosecutors on that house judiciary committee today they were tests with basically trying to interrogate robert mohler do you think a proper interrogation took place today i think there was an interrogation the problem was that mr mole is used to asking the questions and not answering them and many of his answers simply refer back to the report itself so i don't think that any of the people who are asking the questions got the answers they wanted to get today well let's talk about the answers that they wanted a lot of critics have said that this was just plain partisan politics on display for the world to see do you think that the members of this committee were trying to draw it just to sell bite from robert mueller that they could play for their constituents back home and say see i told you so. well that's absolutely what took place today the democrats were looking for the soundbites that said there's sufficient evidence here to support an pietschmann proceedings there was obstruction by this president but for the rules of the department of justice concerning the indictment of a sitting presid

mr. hawkins: chief justice roberts rejected that in part 3 (d). he says i have to reach a commerce clause holding. and i have to it give it the best reading possible and then i have to assess whether that this reading is constitutional or not. only after doing that analysis, then do i get to the taxing issue. i think that interplay between chief justice roberts and justice ginsburg shows that the reading is correct. are differences between the four different parts of section three of chief justice robert's opinion. judge elrod: what is it that you y insurance, but if you do not, you get an ice cream cone. you actually get something if you do not buy the insurance. what is the answer then. mr. hawkins: i am not sure how congress would justify that under its enumerated powers. judge elrod: the question is about -- doesn't matter even if you are given positive incentives cannot do it -- to not do it. mr. hawkins: i am not sure how that would be fairly red as a tax -- read as a tax. you would have a command to buy insurance. judge elrod: is it still a

mr. chairman, to submit this article, robert mueller unmasked for the mac -- for the record. >> without objection. >> mr. mueller, who wrote the comments you read at your may 29 press conference. >> i'm not going to get into that. >> ok preet so that's what i thought. you didn't write it. a 2013 puff piece in the washingtonian about coma said basically when comey called, you dropped everything you are doing pete gave examples print having dinner with your wife and daughter. comey calls, you drop everything and go. the article quoted comey as a saying if a train were coming down the track and i quote, at least bob mueller would be standing on the tracks with me. beennd james comey have good friends or were good friends for many years. correct? >> we were business associates prayed we both started off at the justice department -- >> you were good friends. you can work together and not be friends but you and comey were friends >> we were friends. >> that's my question. thank you for get into the answer. before you were appointed as special counsel, had you talked to james comey in the preceding six

two years after robert went to prison, rosenfield opened the mail and found a letter from, of all people, rocky fugett. >> dr. mrield, i have some information about robert that i think can be awfully beneficial. you're welcome to come visit me. >> snail mail. rest assured, steve rosenfield's drive to the prison was much quicker. >>> coming up -- >> this is one of the most intense interrogations that i've ever seen. >> that interrogation would soon be key to the case. >> i can't lie about the evidence. >> he's lying about lying. when "dateline extra" continues. . let's see, aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills. so why am i still thinking about this? i'll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain. now back to "dateline extra." >> attorney steve rosenfield was in for a big surprise when he arrived at rocky fugett's prison. >> it was shocking. >> it certainly was. rocky wanted to sign a sworn affidavit saying robert davis was innocent, had nothing to do with the murders. >> that was pretty powerful for him to do that, considering his circumstances. nothing to ga

. ♪ elizabeth: we have breaking news, a letter went from the justice department on robert mueller, expect mrp his testimony within the confines of the report, he must do that. he is to testify on capitol hill on wednesday. this is about presidential privilage? your reaction. >> it is interesting, i think that lawyers would call this technique suspenders, national reason why -- additional reason why mueller should in the deviate from his report. i think this is the white house's effort to adan -- an additional layer of protection. elizabeth: democrats are trying to russell up interest in the hearings that americans are not interested in, according to the polls, the biggest question that mueller faces is when did you know. speaks to why mueller did not shut down the probe sooner. we don't know if mueller will answer that with the new bombshell out of the justice department, saying to stay withins confines of the report. >> i would be surprised if mueller even answered that question, prosecutors don't like lifting up the hood and allowing public to look beneath it in terms of his methods and ti